. -- hud. billions of dollars of housing aid. the department of the interior. the agriculture department, for food and emergency watershed protection. the epa for safe drinking water. all this is in this well constructed package. it has been said the governing principle is your on your own. that might actually be a conscientious principal if they believe in their hearts that your social security should be privately invested or you should pay for college without government help. but to say you're on your own after a disaster is inconsiderate. bricks are trust. it violates an understanding. -- it breaks our trust. it hurts people. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> this kind of petty partisan posturing is absolutely disgraceful. it is an act of spiteful indifference that will go down in history as a low point in a low era. shipman's house. this house acted quickly after katrina, voting over $60 billion and it acted quickly for ike and gustav. we were there for other regions of this country. this country has to be there for the northeast. 24 states were affec